In his partially autobiographical book On Writing (Scribner, 2000), author Stephen King admits that he was heavily into alcohol when he wrote Cujo (Viking; 1981). As a result, Stephen King’s Cujo lacks the true other worldliness that marks his best novels. Dog lovers will also be appalled at the description of the book’s title character – a gentle Saint Bernard that turns into a man-eating monster after getting bit by a rabid bat.

But still, a bad book by King is still better than a good book by most other horror and suspense writers, including Iris Johansen, Dean Koontz and Edgar Allan Poe. Stephen King’s Cujo offers some interesting tidbits for diehard King fans to discover. It’s set in a fictional town familiar to King fans, Castle Rock, Maine, the home for many King books, or is the town next door to the book’s action, as in Under the Dome (Scribner; 2009.)

Strong Characters

King’s great characters are his core strength. Even if a situation seems completely implausible, readers will still keep those pages turning to find out what happens to the characters. Stephen King’s Cujo is no exception. There is a town maniac, a beleaguered cop and a young couple with a small son trying to keep going after the wife admits to an affair. Even though King claims to have been drunk while writing the book, he has some touches that makes a character seem more real than a real person.

Even the title character is fleshed out. His unusual name gives a slight hint at the dark weirdness to follow. Cujo was named after one of Patty Hearst’s kidnappers, who everyone called Cujo but was really named Willie Wolfe. Cujo’s white trash owner at first doesn’t seem to be capable of making the logical leap to name his dog after a kidnapper, but then nothing in Cujo is quite as it first appears.

Problematic Plot

The main downfall of the book is the plot. Anyone who has kept dogs or bothered to learn anything about rabies knows that no matter how rabid a dog is, they do not become a Cujo. Although the book at times hints at otherworldly forces at play (such as the son’s persistent fear of a monster in his closet) they never materialize. This teasing with the reader goes on for quite a bit of Stephen King’s Cujo.

A good part of the book is taken up with the wife’s affair, perhaps in an attempt to show which was the worse monster – the guy she has an affair with or Cujo. But these two plot lines never merge, as they would in most other King books. This is another annoying tease for the reader to put up with.

Another stumbling block is that many problems facing the young mother and her son in their showdown with Cujo is that it just wouldn’t happen today in the age of mobile phones. Modern readers have to keep reminding themselves that things like the Internet, standard air-conditioning in cars and mobile phones did not exist back in 1981.

The title is a little misleading. Pie may be an old brown horse now, but he was nothing of the sort during the story. Kandy brought that personable horse to life like he was almost one of us. As we all know, animals have feelings, thoughts and ways to communicate just like we do. Even though some, and maybe a lot of people, don’t think about this in a very in depth way, Kandy proves that to be our oversight and sadly our loss. Because as you read the story, the thoughts, and emotions of how Kandy presented these majestic animals is nothing short of enthralling, entertaining, and enlightening.

Sometimes you just had to laugh out loud, as Pie literally thought like an animal would at our crazy antics, and his simplistic and natural understanding of how life just is. We make it complicated, and they bring it back to basics and fun.

Reading about Pie and his story made you really wish you could have gotten to know him, even enjoyed some of the same events with him. To have known and spent time with him would have been a cherished privilege. Knowing the owners of Pie could teach all of us the meaning of unconditional love.

As you learn from this book, taking care of a horse or more, is not for the faint of heart. It is work, money, time, and emotion, but the rewards are so much greater than what is given, that the comparison is actually impossible. For those who do it and have done it, like the owners of Pie, they wouldn’t trade it for the world.

Pie calls the owner, keeper. His love, thankfulness, appreciation and admiration of keeper is obvious, and just as obvious is, it’s well deserved. I am sure the keeper is the author, and I am sure you will see, as I did, that the spirit of the keeper is nothing short of incredible. It is apparent that unconditional love is as central to her core as the automatic beating of her heart. People like this should be respected and emulated. Pie knew this and showed her and his charge, little one just how much love he had to give back.

This story should be read by everyone, and really should be a required reading in schools everywhere. It is not only enjoyable and entertaining; it is educational in more ways than you can imagine. Thanks for the privilege of reading and writing a review of your book Kandy. It was a great pleasure.

If you own a small business (that’s not solely internet-based), you should always be on the lookout for ways to grow sales. Whether you’re focused on marketing a product, a series of product groups, or services of any kind, here are 23 ideas to stimulate your own thoughts for generating more revenue:

1. Sell a product one-by-one.

2. Sell similar products packaged together.

3. Sell a “license” to use your product for a defined time period.

4. Sell a “subscription” to your product for a defined time period.

5. Sell a flat weekly- or monthly-fee service.

6. Sell relevant advertising space on your products, in your catalogs, or on your company vehicles.

7. Sell digital information for download.

8. Sell products one-by-one, but on an automatic replenishment schedule.

9. Sell some or all items on a minimum-purchase basis.

10. Sell discounts to others’ products or services.

11. Package your products or services with another company’s similar offerings.

12. Sell someone else’s stuff.

13. Sell refurbished or used versions of your products and services.

14. Allow others to resell or co-market your products and services.

15. Sell a disposable version of one of your products.

16. Lease your product(s) for a defined time period.

17. Sell time: bill by-the-hour for a service related to the products you sell.

18. Sell your products in smaller packaged quantities (if typically 25/per…, sell 10/per at a higher profit margin).

19. Sell your products in larger packaged quantities.

20. Sell your products on your website.

21. Sell your products on multiple, targeted websites focused on individual product groups and customer solutions.

22. Sell access to a seminar where you educate customers about your industry and the solutions you provide.

23. Sell training on your or others’ products.

Of course, this list is just a start. With expertise in your field, think of ways you can separate yourself from your competitors by providing products and services in a manner uncommon in your industry.

Some reviewers of products or services cover the actual things the product or service does. I’m not going to do that. I joined Wealthy Affiliate University to make money as an online home based business, so my Wealthy Affiliate review is going to focus on the revenue, because that is why I joined, right?

I expected to learn all the skills and techniques, and I have, but I didn’t expect to learn so many ways to make a living in my spare time from the comfort of my own home. First there was revenue from blogging and article marketing, OK I get it. Then there was revenue from affiliate products and services, that was a profitable perk. Then came the juicy revenues that are all over the internet once you learn about them and how to access them. I used to pay for memberships or things like website domains from GoDaddy with money from my day job. However, I have developed marketable skills, where I can trade my skills for cash, that more than covered my early expenses as I got established, I stayed in the black.

That is the key to a programs success or failure in my opinion. Is it something I can do, and see a check? I had my doubts, but as my Wealthy Affiliate review reflects, the revenue streams just kept coming. My online home based business stayed in the black, and has continued to grow every time my skills and knowledge were applied towards yet more revenue streams.

Affiliate marketing led to email marketing, social media marketing through things like Facebook and Twitter, YouTube and even Google. Did you know Google has an affiliate program for a photo editing service, called Picnik? It’s true, and you get to use it, and collect revenue from it as well. That is the best thing about internet marketing in general, you get to use all the cool tools and things you market. Most of it is free, but something like Picnik was valuable to me, so I decided for myself, to be a user and a seller through their affiliate program. As a result of the skills I have acquired to be able to write my Wealthy Affiliate review, I have a successful online home based business that pays me, pays my bills, not all my bills as I am still early in my business. It sure feels good to write down every revenue source as you discover them too.

You don’t always have the skills necessary, when you first learn of something, but I learned right away to write certain things down, and you know me by now, revenue opportunities are my first priority! As my skills increased, I already knew the revenue streams to use them with, since I lined up sources of revenue from day one on. I’m still learning new and different ways to increase my revenue and my existing internet real estate gets a higher resell value at the same time.

Women have different tastes for the kind of gifts they want on their special occasions, be it anniversaries, birthdays or any other kind of important occasion. In order to impress the most special women in your life, be it your loving wife, girlfriend, mom or sister, make sure you put in all your heart to find the best present that suits them. Take time to think about what would make her happy and strive to get her something   unique  that will not only excite her but add meaning to her most special day. Birthday Gifts for Her can range from a simple flower to an expensive gift. But getting what she really likes holds the key to her happiness on her special day.

There is a huge collection of amazing Birthday Gifts for her that will make her happy. Pamper her with the best Beauty products from us or buy her beautiful Gift Boxes to surprise her. There are a host of wonderful Gift hampers that she will really like along with Personalised wine and spirit gift hampers to impress her on her special day. Buy a Personalised magazine cover with her photo on the cover page and see the look of excitement on her face when she realises she is on the cover of her favourite magazine! Women love to be pampered with lavish gifts. Buy spa break in her favourite spa or let her have the Beauty treatment she desires of to look stunning on her special day.

Is your recipient more on the adrenaline side? Well, we have a host of gift ideas that can cheer her up. Go Driving in some of the most expensive cars or take a ride of London City aboard a Helicopter! Take her for a Sphering session and let the child in her come out. Be it whatever, choose the gift that can make her really happy and let her enjoy her special day in pomp and glory.

Cider for me is the best alcoholic beverage, from when I was sipping a shared bottle of white lightning in the local park (we’ve all done it) to enjoying a cold one at the pub during the summer months it always has had the same refreshing, relaxing and rejuvenating effect. My appreciation of this beverage has lasted year after year, so this article will hope to enlighten you just a bit more on what is cider, how cider is produced, and what is is the best cider. I hope it’s useful.

Cider is a renowned drink throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland; it comes in a range of forms from the traditional dry cider to the sweet cider, which allows it to be enjoyed by a whole range of individuals.

Most apples grown are suitable for cider making, though in a region like Kent cider-makers prefer to use a mixture of eating and cider apples or just cider apples if you are in the West Country.

On collection of these apples they are immediately grounded down in to what is known as a pomace or pommage. This process back in the day would of been undertaken at cider mills by hand or using either water or horse power. These days most cider presses are electrical, with the whole process looking to ensure the pomace is only exposed to air for a limited amount of time.

After this the all important fermentation process takes place, this is done at a temperature of 4-16 degrees C, which is low for most fermentations but is beneficial to cider at this temperature. Before the fermentation process consumes all the sugar, the cider is moved to a new vat, leaving dead yeast cells and any other undesirable materials at the bottom of the old vat.

Finally the last stage of fermentation creates a small amount of carbonation, which can be enhanced by adding some extra sugar. After a three month fermentation period the cider is ready to drink, but it is commonplace to leave it in vats for up to two years.

They are then removed from the vats and bottled. In some larger-scale cider production they have ciders produced from different varieties of apple, which in this case the cider may be blended to accord with market taste. When the cider is bottled usually some extra sugar is added for sparkle. Cider bottles are normally used but some home brewers use beer bottles, which work well and are inexpensive.

The West- Country is known as a leading cider producing region and one of the best (in my opinion). The majority of ciders in this part of the United Kingdom are known as Scrumpy which is a local term for small or withered apple. They are over 25 Cider produces in Somerset and then following is Cornwall who is another big Cider county for the West Country.

In Cornwall there is a range of traditional ciders such as the previous mentioned Scrumpy Cider which is a strong cyder that can be bought medium dry and medium sweet at 7.4% alcohol volume.

Recently a new Cider has started becoming popular across the UK. The beverage that I speak of is the Cornish Rattler. This cider was originally only available in draught format, but after requests from numerous customers they have now bottled it. Made to be different in taste and appearance, this cloudy Cornish cyder is 6% ABV and sparkling. It was voted Best Bottled Cider at ciderfestivals.co.uk 2008. If I was to recommend you try any Cider it would be the Cornish Rattler, I feel its taste retains the original Cider taste but then adds certain delicate sweetness which is not sickly and compliments the original cider taste well.

So with Rattler now available in your local retailers I would recommend you go and check it out, if you like cider you won’t be disappointed.

Who wants to eat a cactus? Just about everyone in the world wants this particular cactus. You may not have heard about the Cactus diet but most people have heard about Hoodia.

The basis of the Cactus diet is a substance called Hoodia. Several diet pills on the market claim to contain the substance. Hoodia is the name of a rather ugly cactus that grows in the Kalahari region of Africa. The Bushmen that live there use the Hoodia cactus, specifically Hoodia Gordonii, to keep them from getting hungry on long hunting trips.

The native tribes eat the plant and can survive for days on little or nothing to eat while they search for food. The Hoodia cactus suppresses their desire to eat. It fools the brain into thinking that they are already full.

The discovery of this plant sent pharmaceutical companies after the secret to stopping the obesity epidemic. Taking Hoodia is supposed to suppress the appetite and therefore lead to weight loss. When hunger does start to kick in, Hoodia users can eat healthier foods to fuel the body.

Taking Hoodia and following an exercise plan leads to weight loss according to those who swear by the substance. Natural Hoodia has no side effects and can affect the appetite after the first pieces are eaten. Pharmaceutical companies are trying to synthesize Hoodia for market to the rest of the world.

The cactus diet plan is still not perfected. The Cactus diet involves taking supplements that contain Hoodia. There are many types of Hoodia and you may be buying a pill that claims to suppress the appetite but may not. The amount of Hoodia may not be enough to cause the same effects that the Bushmen experience from eating the actual plant. Since this plant has not been found outside of this desert-like region of Africa, to follow the Cactus diet plan, people have to rely on commercial pills that make boastful claims about their product having the same effects as the original Hoodia plant.

According to the Hoodia tale, the substance is hard to reproduce with the same efficiency. Those who buy products that contain Hoodia should beware. We all know what they say about something that seems too good to be true. Until further notice, watch what you eat and exercise regularly to lose weight. Set aside the gimmicks.

Game of Mahjong that traces its origin in China has been a popular game that has entertained people from all over thoroughly. Not just kids and young, but people of all age group till day love to spend hours together playing this game of thrill and excitement. With various versions and types, one that enjoys ace popularity amongst all is what Mahjong Connect does.

A powerful game that has won great appreciations from veterans belonging world over was created by making alterations in the rules of the original game. A puzzle game that helps you earn points after every win is popular among all who love to enjoy their leisure time with some fun activity.

With total 140 tiles, that is much greater in count than most game types, mahjong connect is designed with a rectangular framework with 14 tiles placed across and 10 one on top of the other. With similar meanings, one tile that stands distinct amongst all is the flower tile that has a picture of chrysanthemum on it. For someone playing it stands important to expose and match all the tiles being displayed on the board.

With some rules that are not very difficult to follow, one can easily learn, play and master this fun filled game called mahjong connect. Starting with matching some limited number of tiles, one can choose options like click, remove or connect to join two matching tiles on the rectangular game board.

With many new changes and newer tools getting added, the game Mahjong connect has evolved greatly with time. Giving players a better experience in terms of fun, excitement and enjoyment this depicts a never ending platform for all those who love to enjoy.

In mahjong connect the tiles move and transform the positions with every move the player makes. When the game ends all the set tiles get reshuffled, but in order to come out as a winner one needs to use and match all the exposed tiles with not even a single one left unused on board.

So, play this game that has been recommended by veterans who are masters in this game of fun, as Mahjong connect.

SocialGo is the answer for many today who wish to create their own professional-grade social network designed for their particular interest, business, or group. A social network is of course, a group of people united by their common cause, business, or interest. Thus it is a computer platform allowing users to customize their network according to the amount of privacy desired, assorted features and permissions. Permissions outline who may view personal information, or information regarded as secret or semi-secret to a company for example.

Who uses it? Various groups, entrepreneurs, and businesses utilize it. Their goal is often to being a community around their brand for instance, or to build customer meaningful relationships, or even to create a communication channel for the members of the network.

What’s special about it? Basically the fact that thousands of members have found that they can construct direct revenue streams from the network they create.

What can be in it? You can utilize this network for any text you wish to publish, as well as any photos or videos you wish to include.

What’s the difference from just a website? With this social network, people can of course read what you wish to write, but in addition they can respond to it. This allows people to become a part of the network, in that they can actually share and contribute to it.

How can one monetize this network? There are a number of ways to make money with it. For example if you provide a service, you may charge for the service. SocialGo supports PayPal for example for billing purposes. Another means of monetizing it is to host advertisements and charge the advertisers. This works very well if you have a very active network of course.

What if I need help? There are a number of ways to get help, such as joining the Owner’s Network, speak to sales agents, get a support ticket, etc. There are also a huge number of tutorials that are easy to read and follow.

What does it cost? The top of the line costs $149.99 per month, and it gives you anything that a business would need to create the best most attractive network for your brand, existing product or website. Or you can get a network starter account for only $4.99 per month. Then instead if you wish, you can get a free account if you are for instance a group of concerned mothers wishing to chat about the school your kids go to.

What else is available? There are a number of other services available, for instance sending out billing and collecting, removing all traces of the network on your site (known as white labeling), or separate storage and bandwidth blocks if you have an overly active large network.

In his partially autobiographical book On Writing (Scribner, 2000), author Stephen King admits that he was heavily into alcohol when he wrote Cujo (Viking; 1981). As a result, Stephen King’s Cujo lacks the true other worldliness that marks his best novels. Dog lovers will also be appalled at the description of the book’s title character – a gentle Saint Bernard that turns into a man-eating monster after getting bit by a rabid bat.

But still, a bad book by King is still better than a good book by most other horror and suspense writers, including Iris Johansen, Dean Koontz and Edgar Allan Poe. Stephen King’s Cujo offers some interesting tidbits for diehard King fans to discover. It’s set in a fictional town familiar to King fans, Castle Rock, Maine, the home for many King books, or is the town next door to the book’s action, as in Under the Dome (Scribner; 2009.)

Strong Characters

King’s great characters are his core strength. Even if a situation seems completely implausible, readers will still keep those pages turning to find out what happens to the characters. Stephen King’s Cujo is no exception. There is a town maniac, a beleaguered cop and a young couple with a small son trying to keep going after the wife admits to an affair. Even though King claims to have been drunk while writing the book, he has some touches that makes a character seem more real than a real person.

Even the title character is fleshed out. His unusual name gives a slight hint at the dark weirdness to follow. Cujo was named after one of Patty Hearst’s kidnappers, who everyone called Cujo but was really named Willie Wolfe. Cujo’s white trash owner at first doesn’t seem to be capable of making the logical leap to name his dog after a kidnapper, but then nothing in Cujo is quite as it first appears.

Problematic Plot

The main downfall of the book is the plot. Anyone who has kept dogs or bothered to learn anything about rabies knows that no matter how rabid a dog is, they do not become a Cujo. Although the book at times hints at otherworldly forces at play (such as the son’s persistent fear of a monster in his closet) they never materialize. This teasing with the reader goes on for quite a bit of Stephen King’s Cujo.

A good part of the book is taken up with the wife’s affair, perhaps in an attempt to show which was the worse monster – the guy she has an affair with or Cujo. But these two plot lines never merge, as they would in most other King books. This is another annoying tease for the reader to put up with.

Another stumbling block is that many problems facing the young mother and her son in their showdown with Cujo is that it just wouldn’t happen today in the age of mobile phones. Modern readers have to keep reminding themselves that things like the Internet, standard air-conditioning in cars and mobile phones did not exist back in 1981.